Beethoven: Fidelio (1970, Opera-Film)

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
14,576
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
There is no Interactive Transcript.

Uploaded by on Sep 22, 2011

Ludwig van Beethoven

Fidelio

Directed by Joachim Hess

Anja Silja ... Leonore / Fidelio
Richard Cassilly ... Florestan
Theo Adam ... Pizarro
Lucia Popp ... Marcellina
Ernst Wiemann ... Rocco
Erwin Wohlfahrt ... Jaquino
Hans Sotin ... Don Fernando
Kurt Marschner ... 1st Prisoner
William Workman ... 2nd Prisoner

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211370/

Category:

Music

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (DieSonneSinkt)

  • Anyone wanting a great version on cd could do no worse than go for either the studio version or the live version with Klemperer and an amazing cast,from the 60's. Christa Ludwig quite amazing as Fidelio and Jon Vickers in one of his greatest parts.

  • @135yearswaiting Yes, highly recommended.

Top Comments

  • thank you so much for posting! this opera is so awesome! :D

  • this is OUTSTANDIIIIIIIING

see all

All Comments (18)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • This is a wonderful version incredible to have it on you tube. I agree with susannahmcdnld it is always so fresh I must have heard it 50 times and seen it once in London,great to have it on video. I agree subtitles would have been helpful for many, I do not speak German but know the plot so well I understand the action. Beethoven only wrote one opera and this one gave him terrible trouble he wrote four different overtures I think and was rewriting it all the time,but to me it is wonderful.

  • the four part canon (17 minutes in) is just the most beautiful in opera

  • This beautiful film dates not from 1970, but 1968.

  • Beautiful performance! That was also (1770-1970) the Beethoven Bicentennial Year. I first learned "Fidelio" that year also, but the version I was able to get (6th grade) was Gweneth Jones, James King, Theo Adam and Karl Bohm (Staatskapelle Dresden.) I would've gone bonkers had I been able to see a film of it!

  • Ach! wie schoen dass die sonne auch sinkt ! :Danke :

    How wonderful that even the sun sings !

    an homage to DieSonneSinkt whi gratiously uploaded this very beautiful recording of the entire Fidelio Opera! Thank you very much.

    Best and friendliest,

    Superdog and jfl

  • @AlexanderKrenin Good point. Thanks

  • @fulishproductions - Indeed, subtitles would help getting into the story. The translated text can still be printed but you get distracted...

  • like witnessing a beautiful animal i do not understand

    lovely, but foreign

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more